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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1912
Page
2
A collage of snippets from a 1920s newspaper column pokes fun at fashion, aviation, politics, romance, and daily life. The notes toss witty quips about kissing, air travel, wartime rumor, courtship, biology, and social trends, mixing curiosities with light cynicism. It captures a era’s breezy, irreverent tone.
General Orozco declares he does not recognize the United States government. Bodies of two Americans found near Cananea Sonora as rebels attack and threaten Toluca. In Ojoto battle, federals rout rebels and capture materiel. casualties reported. American consul meets with Orozco to discuss treatment of settlers in northern Mexico.
President Taft was officially notified Thursday that he has been selected as the Republican presidential nominee. The ceremony at the White House featured the notification committee led by Senator Poore and Taft thanking the party and pledging support, with committee members gathered on the portico as he spoke.
Democratic senators voted 20 to 6 to cooperate with insurgent Republicans to push tariff bills to conference for possible reductions. The plan targets wool duties and signals action on tariffs this session, with little chance for a cotton bill before adjournment. A Democratic leader said the caucus aims to defeat stand-patters and secure legislative results for Taft.
Arthur Brisbane and Milas Phoebe Cary daughter of Seward Cary of 46 West Fifty sixth Street were married at Calvary Episcopal church on Fourth avenue Tuesday by Rev. Theodore Sedgwick.
August 1 report from El Paso Lex shows twelve hundred refugees from war torn Mexican zones being sheltered in vacant warehouses. The group consists largely of women and children requiring aid and relief services.
Tokyo August 2 Emperor Yoshihito left the palace to visit his former residence at Aoyama before noon he met the premier and Prince Yamagata president of the privy council urging continued efforts for the country and conveyed his wishes. The funeral of Mutsuhito is not yet fixed likely within a month at Kyoto on the Maruyama palace site. The public coronation is expected about a year hence with old funeral customs adjusted to modern conditions and all entertainments halted for a extended period.
Roosevelt cohorts seek a southern Democrat for vice president on a third party ticket to boost progressives in key states. Roosevelt says finding such a man is uncertain but essential, following a letter from William Allen White urging federal court intervention over Kansas electors on the Republican ballot.
In Los Angeles on August 1 Clarence Darrow angrily denied every charge and piece of testimony linking him to jury bribery. He said Bert Franklin John Harrington George Johm Detective Guy Liddinger and other witnesses lied and that he never discussed bribing jurors or gave instructions to do so.
The steamer City of Rockland carrying 200 vacationers sank to her guards after a midnight crash with the collier William Chisholm off Boone Island, about 20 miles from York, Maine. All passengers were transfered to the Chisholm, which sustained little damage.
Chicago Aug 2 Attorney P Daniel Donahue Isaac Btlefel and Aileen Heppner a witness in the 25000 alienation guilt case against Clarence Funk by Mrs John G Henning were indicted Wednesday.
Seven strikers were shot, one dying later in hospital, and twenty seriously wounded by sticks and stones during rioting Wednesday at Victoria dock and other London docks. The violence broke out amid a dock labor dispute in London.
Jack Rose testified under oath that as Becker’s collector he knew an annual graft fund of at least 2.4 million dollars, shared among four top police officials with Becker named as one. He described four separate graft bureaus and suggested further distribution to other high officials. Whitman plans to bolster evidence, and leniency for Becker may hinge on full disclosure of the graft network. Prominent financiers and Citizens' Union members have funded a probe to root out police and civil graft in New York.
Annetta Halliday a Detroit magazine contributor, known privately as Mrs. Alexander Antona, is held with her husband and nephew on suspicion of causing the death of Elizabeth Fleming, a former servant who saved money and left it to the Antona family. Fleming, sixty three, died July 4 and was cremated July 5 after an investigation prompted by her brother, Dr. Fleming of Frazerburg, Ohio.
Harry K Thaw, who failed to win freedom in New York court, was returned to the Matteawan asylum for the insane in an automobile under Sheriff Doyle. The transfer occurred Tuesday as part of ongoing custody arrangements. A separate item notes 400 dressmakers workers at a Brooklyn factory striking over profanity by foremen and male staff.
A $6,509,000 mortgage to secure an issue of bonds was filed here on Wednesday by the American Ice Company, commonly known as the Ice Trust. The filing anchors the bond offering and ties to the company's operations in Washington.
London Rugbard Mersey on Tuesday the British board of trade court of inquiry ruled the Titanic disaster was caused by excessive speed and failure to keep proper watch. It found lifeboat arrangements insufficient yet exonerated J Bruce Ismay and Cosmo Duff-Gordon. Recommendations urged watertight compartments more lifeboats and better crew drills and lookout.
Commerce Court Judge Robert W. Archbald appeared before the Senate as an impeachment court and formally denied the thirteen articles of impeachment. He stated that none of the alleged acts, even if true, amounted to a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution while asserting his innocence on charges of using office for profit and improper conduct related to coal interests and credit.
A White House statement published in Chicago and Washington defends Taft’s nomination. It details how every contest was settled on its merits by the Republican national and convention credential committees. The document, approved by the president’s inner circle, aims to rebut third party and Democratic charges and curb campaign use of former president’s claims.
Philadelphia attorney Francis Tracy Tobin urged the U.S. House to impeach Associate Justice Wright of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. He claims Wright was influenced by Buck Stove & Range Co in sentencing labor leaders Samuel Gompers to one year and John Mitchell to nine months for contempt, alleging oath violations in the process.
The Populist national committee announced the convention to nominate a national presidential ticket to be held in St. Louis on Tuesday August 10. James H. Ferries, chair, issued the call on Tuesday.
Boston August 2 Grand jury reports after two weeks of probe into the recent strike by dootermen and conductors of the Boston Elevated Railway. Eight secret indictments are returned.
In Tokyo on August 2 the emperor Yoshihito read the first Taisei proclamation before a large assembly of officials and representatives from all military and service branches, signaling the new era.
The FOR GREATER OWA Movement created the Jews Agricultural association at the state crop improvement convention in Des Moines. P. G. Holden was elected president, Ralph Bolton vice president, G. E. Staynor secretary, and P. W. Hall treasurer. Directors include C. F. Curtiss, Charlee E. Bradley, C. H. McNider, W. W. Marsh, R. B. Young, T. J. Bissell, and George M. Allen. The group aims to boost Iowa farm productivity and rural facilities through scientific methods, local county supervision, and annual Iowa uplift activities.
Francisco Allblach, 47, Madrid born tenor famed internationally after Caruso, collapsed on stage in Newton Iowa while billed with Thavin's band. He died at the hotel at 2 0 in the morning from bowels and heart disease. A wife and son in Paris were notified by cable seeking funeral directions.
Crop experts estimate the winter wheat crop south of the Des Moines river will average about 40 bushels per acre. Knoxville's HB A Cummings thrased eight acres at 61 14 bushels per acre, N F Miller reported twenty acres at 49 percent bushels per acre, and Harve James grew ten acres at 63 bushels per acre.
In Dubuque the grub worm damages corn and pasture as an ongoing problem not unique to this year. Prof. Thomas Irish of the Dubuque schools notes the grub is the larval stage of the brown beetle and says this year its numbers are higher than in prior years.
W C McArthur, deputy clerk of the United States district court in Des Moines, appointed Miss Rilla Stalp of Ottumwa deputy clerk for the Ottumwa division. Mina Stain replaces Miss Clara C Peterson, who resigned.
An Iowa man aged eight, H. Mc Creery, a graduate of the University of Iowa engineering course, has taken a place as engineer in charge of drainage work for the Department of Agriculture. He was recently appointed by Secretary Wilson.
A cablegram from Panacoello, Coquimbo, Chile reports Harold McLaughlin once of Clear Lake was killed while serving as superintendent of mines for a rich English syndicate.
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